沸石类咪唑骨架材料吸附分离天然气的分子模拟

采用巨正则蒙特卡洛方法研究C₂H₆, CO₂和CH₄三种气体在两种沸石类咪唑骨架材料 (ZIF)-ZIF-2和ZIF-71中的吸附与分离性能. 考察了C₂H₆, CO₂和CH₄三种气体在ZIF-2和ZIF-71中的单组分吸附等温线、吸附热; C₂H₆-CH₄, CO₂-CH₄ 与C₂H₆-CO₂等摩尔二元混合物的分离; 以及C₂H₆-CO₂-CH₄三元体系的分离性能. 研究结果表明: 低压下不同气体的吸附量大小与其吸附热关系紧密; 而高压下因有限的孔空间, 尺寸较小的气体分子吸附量增长趋向更快; 多组分吸附分离中, 低压下能量效应通常占据主导, ZIF优先吸附作用力较强的组分; 高压下堆积效应影响显著, ZIF会优先吸附尺寸较小的组分. ZIF-2和ZIF-71对这3种二元体系的分离性能良好. 对于三元混合物吸附分离, 在常温下3000-4000kPa范围内, ZIF-2具有良好的天然气净化性能, 可有效地分离出天然气中的C₂H₆和CO₂. 关键词： 巨正则蒙特卡洛模拟 天然气分离 沸石类咪唑骨架     

注气驱替煤层气数值模拟

建立一种注气驱替煤层气的双重介质数学模型,考虑注气驱替煤层气中多组分气体渗流、吸附/解吸、扩散及孔隙度和渗透率敏感性等多物理场的耦合,用有限差分方法对数学模型数值求解,并验证模型的有效性.通过实例模拟,对比分析注入CO₂、N₂和70%N₂+30%CO₂提高采收率、产出组分动态及储层物性.计算表明:注入CO₂、N₂及其混合气体均能显著提高煤层气藏采收率,提高程度可达28%以上;N₂在注入后迅速突破产出,而CO₂突破时间较晚;注气后基质的收缩/膨胀效应在孔隙度和渗透率敏感性中起主导作用,CO₂吸附造成孔隙度和渗透率减小,而N₂吸附将增大孔隙度和渗透率.     

Mechanical anisotropy and electronic properties of X2N2 (XH2 ): first-principles calculations*

The mechanical anisotropy, structural properties, electronic band structures and thermal properties of C₂ N₂ (CH₂ ), Si₂ N₂ (SiH₂ ) and Ge₂ N₂ (GeH₂ ) are detailed and investigated in this work. The novel silicon nitride phase Si₂ N₂ (SiH₂ ) and germanium nitride phase Ge₂ N₂ (GeH₂ ) in the Cmc 2₁ structure are proposed in this work. The novel proposed Si₂ N₂ (SiH₂ ) and Ge₂ N₂ (GeH₂ ) are both mechanically and dynamically stable. The electronic band calculation of the HSE06 hybrid functional shows that C₂ N₂ (CH₂ ), Si₂ N₂ (SiH₂ ) and Ge₂ N₂ (GeH₂ ) are all wide band gap semiconductor materials, and C₂ N₂ (CH₂ ) and Si₂ N₂ (SiH₂ ) are direct band gap semiconductor materials, while Ge₂ N₂ (GeH₂ ) is a quasi-direct band gap semiconductor material, the band gap of C₂ N₂ (CH₂ ), Si₂ N₂ (SiH₂ ) and Ge₂ N₂ (GeH₂ ) are 5.634 eV, 3.013 eV, and 2.377 eV, respectively. The three-dimensional and plane distributions of Young’s modulus, shear modulus and Poisson’s ratio of C₂ N₂ (CH₂ ), Si₂ N₂ (SiH₂ ) and Ge₂ N₂ (GeH₂ ) show that these materials have different degrees of mechanical anisotropy. The order of Young’s modulus of Si₂ N₂ (SiH₂ ) and Ge₂ N₂ (GeH₂ ) in different directions is different from that of C₂ N₂ (CH₂ ). When the tensile axis is in a particular direction, the order of the Young’s modulus of Si₂ N₂ (SiH₂ ): E _[110] <E _[120] <E _[111] <E _[101] <E _[010] =E _[100] <E _[011] <E _[001], and the order of the Young’s modulus of Ge₂ N₂ (GeH₂ ): E _[110] <E _[111] <E _[101] <E _[120] <E _[100] <E _[010] <E _[011] <E _[001] .     

载体结构对固态胺吸收CO2性能的影响

利用六种孔结构不同的商业无定形硅胶制备了不同四乙烯五胺（TEPA）担载量的固态胺吸收剂。吸收剂的微观结构通过BET和SEM测试;并在TGA反应器中,考察固态胺在30～80℃,CO2体积分数为1%～100%范围内的吸收性能。实验表明,固态胺吸收CO₂性能与温度、CO₂浓度以及载体结构有密切的联系。固态胺适合在低温（30～60℃）低CO₂浓度下（约10%）进行CO₂分离。载体结构通过影响最优担载量,从而影响固态胺吸收性能,孔容和孔径分别在1.211 cm³/g和13 nm附近的载体在担载量为45%时拥有最好的吸收能力（2.87 mmol/g）。     

D,L-苯丙氨酸乙酯氯亚铂酸盐的晶体结构

在SYNTEX四圆衍射仪上收集到2788个独立的衍射点。晶体属单斜晶系,空间群为C_2h⁵-P2₁/a,a=12.006(2)?,b=8.398(2)?,c=14.261(5)?,β=93.98(2)°,Z=2。铂放在对称中心的特殊位置上,然后用差值Fourier法得到两套非氢原子坐标位置,这是由于铂参数特殊化所致。首先我们运用结构化学的键长、键角知识,选择了两个氯原子合理的坐标参数,而将其余成对的非氢原子坐标参数都输入,令其坐标参数固定,而将占有率各给0.5,并同各向同性热参数一起参与最小二乘修正,结果两套坐标的原子占有率明显分化,其中一套占有率上升接近于1,而另一套占有率下降,通过这一筛选,确定了结构的初始模型,用块矩阵最小二乘法修正,最后的R因子为0.038。结构测定表明铂采用dsp²杂化轨道成键,取四配位的正方形构型。在晶体中有机部分和[PtCl₄]^2-络离子是靠氮原子和氯原子之间形成氢键而联系起来的,因此此化合物是苯丙氨酸乙酯和四氯合铂离子的加合物。 关键词：     

Studies of sol–gel TiO2 and Pt/TiO2 catalysts for NO reduction by CO in an oxygen-rich condition

The textural properties, morphological features, surface basicity and oxygen reduction behaviours of titania and Pt supported titania catalysts synthesized via a sol–gel method were studied by means of N₂ physisorption, SEM, TEM, CO₂-TPD and H₂-TPR techniques. Mesostructured TiO₂ shows a very narrow pore size distribution that uniformly centred at about 4 nm. High resolution TEM images confirmed that most of Pt particles on Pt/TiO₂-SG had a size smaller than 2 nm. Both the titania support and Pt loaded catalysts chiefly contained weak basic sites with small amount of strong basic sites. Loading Pt did not significantly alter the surface reduction characters of titania, indicating a weak interaction between Pt metals and titania support. Catalytic evaluation revealed that the selectivity of NO reduction over titania was insensitive to variation of textural property. On the bare titania, low NO conversion but high selectivity to N₂O was obtained. However, the Pt/TiO₂-SG catalysts exhibited high NO conversion and high selectivity to N₂, which is assumed to relate to NO dissociation catalysed by the metallic Pt clusters. In addition, when the reaction temperature was above 200 °C, 3–11% NO₂ was yielded over the Pt/TiO₂-SG catalysts, which was discussed on a basis of reaction competition, metal-support interaction and NO dissociation.     

ab initio Study of Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Novel Two-Dimensional Copper(II)-Radical Complex [Cu(NTTmPy)2(N3)2]n

The full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FPLAPW) method with the generalized gradient approximations (GGA) is applied to study the compound [Cu(NTTmPy)₂(N₃)₂]_n (NITmPy=2-(3'-Pyridy1)-4, 4, 5, 5-tetramethylimidazolin-1-oxy1-3-oxide). The total density of states (DOS) and the partial density of states (pDOS) are calculated to explain the electronic and the magnetic properties of [Cu(NTTmPy)₂(N₃)₂]_n. It is found that [Cu(NTTmPy)₂(N₃)₂]_n is stable in the ferromagnetic state and the magnetic moment of the molecule mainly comes from the Cu atoms (0.518 μ_B) with partial contribution from N, O atoms of nitronyl nitroxide radicals. There exist orbital hybridization between 3d orbital of Cu and p orbitals of N(1) (from pyridyl rings of the NITmPy ligands) and N(4) (from azido group) and the weak direct exchange interactions between Cu and O atoms of nitronyl nitroxides. In addition, the bridging carbon atom (C(6)) carries a significant negative spin density (-0.019μ_B). The sign alternation of the magnetic moment along the pyridyl ring is obtained, which agrees with experiments.     

激光拉曼光谱法测定天然气组成标准研究

进行了天然气组成分析-激光拉曼光谱法标准化研究,探讨了激光拉曼天然气组成分析方法标准化的可行性。采用激光拉曼光谱进行天然气组成分析,无需将天然气中各组分分离便可实现多组分同步检测,减少分析时长,提高测量的实时性,实现快速分析,通过国内外激光拉曼天然气分析方法和标准的研究和实验,掌握了国内外激光拉曼天然气分析方法技术现状及发展方向,积累了激光拉曼天然气分析试验数据,结果表明激光拉曼天然气分析具有可快速检测(10 s)、连续记录和操作简单的优点,适用于天然气录井、井站、集气站原料气气质分析和天然气净化处理中过程控制中实时快速获取气质数据,建议制定激光拉曼光谱天然气分析方法标准,测量组分为CO₂,N₂,H₂S,CH₄,C₂H₆,C₃H₈,测量范围分别为：CH₄：75%~99.9%,C₂H₆：0.005%~20%,C₃H₈：0.005%~10%,H₂S：0.001 5%~10%,N₂：0.02%~10%,CO₂：0.01%~10%(上述浓度均为摩尔分数),为上游领域天然气勘探开发及过程控制服务。     

CO2在沸石咪唑酯骨架材料中的吸附机理研究

沸石咪唑脂骨架材料（ZIFs）是一种新型的温室气体CO₂吸附材料。本文采用密度泛函理论计算CO₂在ZIF-68两种不同类型链（nIM和bIM）上的吸附能,计算中选用GGA/PW91泛函。计算结果表明CO₂分子在nIM链上和bIM链上的吸附存在明显的差异。在bIM链上,由于弱的C-H键的存在导致吸附过程中链的几何形状容易发生变形,从而得到较大的吸附能。吸附过程中CO₂分子的键角均有变化,在硝基官能团附近发生吸附时由于硝基的极化作用导致CO₂分子键角变化较其它吸附位变化明显。CO₂分子在nIM和bIM链上的吸附主要以物理吸附为主,范德华力是主要的相互作用力。     

N2H4在NiFe(111)合金表面吸附稳定性和电子结构的第一性原理研究

采用基于色散校正的密度泛函理论进行了第一性原理研究, 详细分析了肼(N₂H₄)在Ni₈Fe₈/Ni(111)合金表面稳定吸附构型的吸附稳定性和电子结构及成键性质. 通过比较发现, 肼分子以桥接方式吸附在表面的两个Fe原子上是最稳定的吸附构型, 其吸附能为-1.578 eV/N₂H₄. 同时发现, 肼分子在这一表面上吸附稳定性的趋势为: 桥位比顶位吸附更有利, 且在Fe原子上比在Ni原子上的吸附作用更强. 进一步分析了不同吸附位点上稳定吸附构型的电子结构、电荷密度转移以及电子局域化情况. 结果发现: 相同吸附位点的电子态密度图基本一致, 并且N原子的p轨道和与之相互作用的表面原子的d轨道之间存在态密度上的重叠; 吸附后电荷密度则主要从肼分子转移到表面原子之上; 在电子局域化函数切面图中也发现吸附后电子被局域到肼分子的N原子和相邻的表面原子之间. 这些电子结构的表征都充分说明肼分子与表面原子之间通过电荷转移形成了强烈的配位共价作用.     

CO2在金属有机骨架材料有机链上的吸附机理研究

金属有机骨架是一种新型的温室气体CO₂吸附材料。本文采用密度泛函理论（DFT）方法研究CO₂在MOF-5有机链上的6种不同吸附位置及其3种不同构型下的吸附行为。考虑GGA水平下三种不同泛函对计算结果的影响,对比发现GGA/PW91泛函能够较好地计算CO₂分子与有机链原子之间的弱范德华力;发现CO₂分子与苯环边相交以及与苯环上的碳原子平行是两种吸附能最大的构型;利用Br原子替代苯环上的H原子可以显著增强对CO₂分子的吸附能力,为设计具有较高CO₂吸附能力的MOFs材料提供理论依据。     

N2在页岩干酪根上的吸附特征

采用密度泛函理论的wB97XD方法、RDG函数方法和counterpoise correction理论,研究氮气在干酪根C₂₈H₁₄O和氮掺杂干酪根C₂₇H₁₄ON上的吸附特征。结果表明：N₂在干酪根上的活性吸附位点为苯环上方中心位置,吸附能在8~10 kJ·mol^-1之间,N₂和干酪根之间的相互作用主要是范德华相互作用和空间排斥作用。氮掺杂改变了干酪根的构型和电子云分布,导致含氮杂环不再是稳定的活性吸附位点,增强了排斥作用,使吸附能略有减小。研究结果对理解干酪根吸附小分子的特征有重要意义,能够为页岩气的开采提供理论支持。     

Na2CO3的高压拉曼光谱研究

碳酸盐是碳在地球内部的重要载体之一,其在地幔高温高压条件下的晶体化学是理解地球深部碳的赋存状态和循环过程的关键,而结构稳定性和相变是晶体化学最基本的研究内容。碳酸钠（Na₂CO₃）是一种常见的碱性碳酸盐矿物,在产自地幔过渡带-下地幔的金刚石中已发现含钠的碳酸盐矿物包裹体,这成为碳酸钠能够俯冲进入地幔深部的直接矿物学证据。前人利用拉曼光谱技术研究了Na₂CO₃在常温常压下的晶格振动模式,但其在高压下的稳定性和结构变化却鲜有报道。利用金刚石压腔装置结合先进的共聚焦拉曼光谱技术,以硅油作为传压介质,在准静水压力条件下,在0.001～27.53 GPa压力区间对Na₂CO₃粉末在600~1 200 cm-1波段的振动特征进行了细致地分析。本次实验重点分析了[CO₃]2-基团振动模式在升压和卸压过程中的行为。结果表明,在0.001～11.88 GPa压力范围内,[CO₃]2-基团对称伸缩振动γ₁（1 088.06和1 070.76 cm-1）、反对称伸缩振动γ₃（865.10和797.50 cm-1）和面内弯曲振动γ₄（720.10和696.71 cm-1）都出现了振动峰的分裂。随着压力增加,所有振动峰都向高频率漂移,半高宽也逐渐增加。在13.40 GPa时,Na₂CO₃发生结构相变,具体表现为690.08 cm-1处出现1条新的拉曼峰,并且随着压力升高该峰的强度逐渐增大。同时反对称伸缩振动峰γ₃以及面内弯曲振动峰γ₄的强度持续减弱,半高宽也继续变大。这些现象表明Na₂CO₃结构相变源于[CO₃]2-内部晶格变化。当压力卸载到4.18 GPa时,[CO₃]2-的振动模式与常温常压下的完全吻合,相变出现的新峰也已经消失,表明该相变是由[CO₃]2-基团畸变引起的并且具有可逆性。继续升压至27.53 GPa,拉曼光谱继续蓝移,Na₂CO₃的拉曼谱线再没有变化,说明高压相在这一压强范围内保持稳定。在整个加压过程中,反对称伸缩振动γ₃和面内弯曲振动γ₄处的拉曼峰出现强度减弱现象。同时也计算了各个峰频率对压力的依赖系数dγ/dP,结果显示[CO₃]2-基团内各个振动模式对压力的响应是不同的,这很可能与Ｃ-Ｏ键的键长有关。最后,对比发现,对称伸缩振动γ₁峰的强度比反对称伸缩振动γ₃和面内弯曲振动γ₄峰的强度大,并且[CO₃]2-基团对称伸缩振动γ₁受压力影响相对较小,可以用来区别不同种类的碳酸盐矿物。     

稀释剂对H2/CH4预混火焰熄灭特性影响

掺氢天然气在稀释气体作用下的熄灭特性研究对实际燃烧设备的设计和优化具有重要的指导意义。本文利用对冲火焰法测量了掺氢天然气层流火焰在N₂和CO₂作用下的熄灭拉伸率,并采用数值模拟耦合详细化学反应机理对N₂,CO₂和He的稀释剂效应展开研究。结果表明,Li、GRI Mech 3.0和FFCM-1机理均能定性反映燃料熄灭拉伸率随当量比的变化规律,且FFCM-1机理综合预测精度最高。实验和模拟发现,不同稀释剂气体对掺氢天然气熄灭拉伸率降低幅度满足:He22。进一步研究发现,CO₂由于热容大,在反应体系中会降低火焰温度,同时增强了链终止反应强度,通过热效应和化学效应两方面对火焰熄灭特性起作用。He则能显著改变燃料混合物的平均摩尔质量,从而改变体系中重要反应物和自由基的扩散特性,从扩散效应方面影响火焰的熄灭特性。     

Surfactant-assisted synthesis of defective zirconia mesophases and Pd/ZrO2: Crystalline structure and catalytic properties

Mesoporous zirconia nanophases with structural defects were synthesized by using a surfactant-templated method. Physicochemical properties and crystalline structures of the zirconia nanophases were studied by means of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), N₂ physosorption isotherm and in situ Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. The resultant materials show typical mesoporous features which vary with calcination temperature. The cationic surfactant in the network of the solids induces structural deformation and defect creation. The zirconia consists of monoclinic and tetragonal nanophases which contains many structural defects, and its crystalline structure shows microstrain. Both, concentration of lattice defects and degree of the crystal microstrain, decrease as the calcination temperature is increased. When CO is adsorbed on the surface of Pd/ZrO₂, linear bonds of CO–Pd⁰, CO–Pd^δ+ and CO–Zr⁴⁺ are formed, accompanying with CO₂ production. Catalytic evaluation shows that the Pd/ZrO₂ catalyst is very active for CO oxidation and NO reduction. In the case of oxygen absence from reaction mixture, high selectivity to N₂ is achieved without any NO₂ formation. In the oxygen rich condition, CO conversion is enhanced but less than 19% NO₂ is produced. N₂O is formed only in the reducing condition and its selectivity is sensitive to reaction temperature. The possible mechanisms of NO + CO and NO + CO + O₂ reactions over Pd/ZrO₂ catalyst related to reactant dissociation on the Pd metals and to defective structure of the nanozirconia support are discussed.     

Adsorption of oxygen and carbon dioxide on cesium-reconstructed Ag(1 1 0) surface

The adsorption of oxygen and carbon dioxide on cesium-reconstructed Ag(1 1 0) surface has been studied with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and temperature programmed desorption (TPD). At 0.1 ML Cs coverage the whole surface exhibits a mixture of (1 × 2) and (1 × 3) reconstructed structures, indicating that Cs atoms exert a cooperative effect on the surface structures. Real-time STM observation shows that silver atoms on the Cs-covered surface are highly mobile on the nanometer scale at 300 K. The Cs-reconstructed Ag(1 1 0) surface alters the structure formed by dissociative adsorption of oxygen from p(2 × 1) or c(6 × 2) to a p(3 × 5) structure which incorporates 1/3 ML Ag atoms, resulting in the formation of nanometer-sized (10–20 nm) islands. The Cs-induced reconstruction facilitates the adsorption of CO₂, which does not adsorb on unreconstructed, clean Ag(1 1 0). CO₂ adsorption leads to the formation of locally ordered (2 × 1) structures and linear (2 × 2) structures distributed inhomogeneously on the surface. Adsorbed CO₂ desorbs from the Cs-covered surface without accompanied O₂ desorption, ruling out carbonate as an intermediate. As a possible alternative, an oxalate-type surface complex [OOC–COO] is suggested, supported by the occurrence of extensive isotope exchange between oxygen atoms among CO₂(a). Direct interaction between CO₂ and Cs may become significant at higher Cs coverage (>0.3 ML).     

Effects of surface treatments and annealing on carbon-based molecular sieve membranes for gas separation

A new method in preparing carbon-based molecular sieve (CMS) membranes for gas separation has been proposed. Carbon-based films are deposited on porous Al₂O₃ disks using hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) by remote inductively coupled plasma (ICP) chemical vapor deposition (CVD). After treating the film with ion bombardment and subsequent pyrolysis at a high temperature, carbon-based molecule sieve membranes can be obtained, exhibiting a very high H₂/N₂ selectivity around 100 and an extremely high permeance of H₂ around 1.5 × 10⁻⁶ mol m⁻² s⁻¹ Pa⁻¹ at 298 K. The O₂/N₂ selectivity could reach 5.4 with the O₂ permeance of 2 × 10⁻⁷ mol m⁻² s⁻¹ Pa⁻¹ at 423 K.

During surface treatments, HMDSO ions were found to be more effective than CH₄, Ar, O₂ and N₂ ions to improve the selectivity and permeance. Short and optimized surface treatment periods were required for high efficiency. Without pyrolysis, surface treatments alone greatly reduced the H₂ and N₂ permeances and had no effect on the selectivity. Besides, without any surface treatment, pyrolysis alone greatly increased the H₂ and N₂ permeances, but had no improvement on the selectivity, owing to the creation of large pores by desorption of carbon. A combination of surface treatment and pyrolysis is necessary for simultaneously enhancing the permeance and the selectivity of CMS membranes, very different from the conventional pore-plugging mechanism in typical CVD.     

Pseudo-copper Ni–Zn alloy catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction to C2 products

Electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction reaction (CO2RR) to obtain C₂ products has drawn widespread attentions. Copper-based materials are the most reported catalysts for CO₂ reduction to C₂ products. Design of high-efficiency pseudo-copper catalysts according to the key characteristics of copper (Cu) is an important strategy to understand the reaction mechanism of C₂ products. In this work, density function theory (DFT) calculations are used to predict nickel–zinc (NiZn) alloy catalysts with the criteria similar structure and intermediate adsorption property to Cu catalyst. The calculated tops of 3d states of NiZn3(001) catalysts are the same as Cu(100), which is the key parameter affecting the adsorption of intermediate products. As a result, NiZn3(001) exhibits similar adsorption properties with Cu(100) on the crucial intermediates *CO₂, *CO and *H. Moreover, we further studied CO formation, CO hydrogenation and C–C coupling process on Ni–Zn alloys. The free energy profile of C₂ products formation shows that the energy barrier of C₂ products formation on NiZn3(001) is even lower than Cu(100). These results indicate that NiZn3 alloy as pseudo-copper catalyst can exhibit a higher catalytic activity and selectivity of C₂ products during CO₂RR. This work proposes a feasible pseudo-copper catalyst and provides guidance to design high-efficiency catalysts for CO₂RR to C₂ or multi-carbon products.     

TDLAS直接吸收法测量CO_2的基线选择方法

本文基于可调谐半导体激光吸收谱线(TDLAS)技术的直接吸收测量,选用中心工作波长为1 580 nm的DFB激光器,在室温及大气常压条件下检测了模拟烟气中的CO_2浓度;采用去峰拟合法和纯N2线拟合法获得基线后反算出了CO_2的浓度,并将反算结果进行了对比。结果表明:采用纯N2线拟合法反算出的浓度的最大相对误差为2.64%,均方值为1.69%;采用去拟合法反算出的浓度的最大相对误差为9.81%,均方值为7.81%。以纯N2吸收谱线作基线的纯N2线拟合方法反算出的浓度的准确度较高,可以为CO_2浓度测量的基线选择提供参考。     

Solid-state electrochemical CO2 sensor by coupling lithium ion conductor (Li2CO3-Li3PO4-Asl2O3) with oxide ion-electron mixed conductor (La0.9Sr0.1MnO3)

A solid-state electrochemical cell of the type O₂(air), PtLa_0.9Sr_0.1MnO₃/Li₂CO₃(+5 mol% Li₃PO₄ + 6 mol% Al₂O₃)/Au, CO₂, O₂ was composed to determine CO₂ concentration, where Li₂CO₃, a lithium ion conductor, was used as an electrolyte, and the perovskite-type oxide (La_0.9Sr_0.1MnO₃)/O₂-electrode as a reference electrode. The electromotive force (EMF) of the cell was found to be proportional to the logarithm of CO/₂ partial pressure in CO₂/O₂/N₂ gas mixtures at temperatures between 300 and 400 °C. The EMF responded to changes of CO₂ partial pressure within 1 min at 400 °C. The sensitivity to CO₂ of this cell was not affected by coexistence of O₂, and the EMF remained constant after the first 15 days. The mechanism for sensing CO₂ is discussed.